Contributors Cristina Ares is Senior Lecturer of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). Ainhoa Arrona is a researcher at the Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness (Basque Country, Spain). Bjørn T. Asheim is Professor of Economic Geography and Innovation Theory at the University of Stavanger (Norway). Elisabeth Baier is Professor for Business Administration at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft, Technik und Kultur (hwtk) University of Applied Sciences (Berlin, Germany). María del Carmen Sánchez-Carreira is Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). Ivano Dileo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (Italy). Jacek Gancarczyk is Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Entrepreneurship, Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland). Marta Gancarczyk is Associate Professor at the Institute of Economics, Finance and Management, Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland). Manuel González-López is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). Robert Hassink is Professor of Economic Geography at Kiel University (Germany). Arne Isaksen is Professor in the Department of Working Life and Innovation at the School of Business and Law at the University of Agder (Norway). James Karlsen is Professor at the University of Agder (Norway) and Senior Associate Researcher at the Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness (Basque Country, Spain). vii Manuel González-López and Bjørn T. Asheim - 9781789904161 Downloaded from Elgar Online at 09/28/2021 03:32:30AM via free access viii Regions and innovation policies in Europe Jon P. Knudsen is Associate Professor at the University of Agder (Norway). Miren Larrea is Senior Researcher at the Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness (Basque Country, Spain). Francesco Losurdo is Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (Italy). Marta Najda-Janoszka is Associate Professor at the Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland). Roger Normann is Senior Researcher at the NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Social Science Department (Norway). Óscar Rodil-Marzábal is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). Sissel Strickert is Strategy Advisor and researcher at the NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Social Science Department (Norway). Michaela Trippl is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Vienna (Austria). Pedro Varela-Vázquez is Lecturer in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). Xavier Vence-Deza is Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). Andrea Zenker is a researcher and project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI (Karlsruhe, Germany). Manuel González-López and Bjørn T. Asheim - 9781789904161 Downloaded from Elgar Online at 09/28/2021 03:32:30AM via free access GONZALEZ-LOPEZ_9781789904154_t (colour).indd 8 10/03/2020 10:18.